Australia’s 2035 climate target is coming. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s good enough

By Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University

The clock is ticking on the federal government’s big climate reveal: Australia’s 2035 emissions targets. The declaration is expected later this week, and will signal to the world how hard Australia will go to help avoid the worst effects of climate change.

Draft advice by the Climate Change Authority, which is advising the government on the target, flagged it may recommend a range of emissions cuts between…

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